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Juventus V Milan- To good too soon?

This match is always produces some great display of football, but people must not get ahead of themselves, after all, it has only been four games. And two of those games ended in a draw and the Italian media was talking about what's gone wrong with Juve, for the love of everything holy, it is only the start of a very long season, they have to pace themselves if they want to come out on top and try to avoid burning out when it counts- does everyone forget what happened the last two seasons? They started of looking like title contenders and ended up in seventh place. As important as this game is, it's not a title decider as Del Piero said, to be able to make that prediction, one has to wait till after Christmas. This game is more of a morale booster, if they get any kind of result from this they can then use that momentum throughout the campaign. But having said that, even if it turns out to be a disappointing result, they still have the time to learn from their mistakes, and Conte is rather smart and he will always be a picture of calm and be realistic in his expectations.

This game will be very emotional for obvious reasons, Andrea Pirlo will face his old club, a club that he was with for 10 years! And least we forget Alberto Aquilani, who spent a loan spell in Turin only to be returned to Liverpool and after alot of negotiations managed to navigate his way to Milan. Having Pirlo face his old club has some benefits, he will no alot about the way they play but the flipside to that is that they will know an awful lot about him, most of all how to stop him from playing his game, as Catania found out last week,as the man marked him and he even admitted himself that he wasn't able to produce his best work. Not only that, but I believe Juve have made an error in getting rid of Felipe Melo, as every team needs a "hardman" in the middle and I feel that with Pirlo, Marchisio, Krasic and even Pepe are starting to look a little "frail". While Milan has the ever enthusiastic- Kevin- Prince Boateng. All I'm saying that The Old Lady would be wise not to rely so much on Andrea, after all they are a much better team than previous seasons.
Let's just all hope that age brings wisdom and not dementia from The Old Lady!

AC Milan 0 - Juventus 2 HD Alessandro Del Piero هدف ديلبيرو

Juventus- Just a blip, or deja vu' all over again?

DON'T PANIC!! It would be natural to assume the worst, given their track record but it would be slightly unjust to assume that, given the fact that they came back stronger and more determined after going down a goal. For the most part of last season it would be the opposite, they would score first only to concede the equalizer and then the game because they couldn't get their heads back in the game. Antonio Conte tried a different formation with Matri up front on his own due to Vucinic being suspended. This shows that Conte is willing to adjust and adapt and that he will not be stubborn and stick by his style of play no matter what is happening. The game started off sluggish, which was maybe a mistake, as Catania were the ones to draw blood first in the 22 minute.
Juve have to be careful about over reliance on Andrea Pirlo, he was unable to make a dramatic impact on the game due to the fact he was being man marked attentively, and it almost stopped Juve from playing their game. They must have a back up plan for Pirlo, because soon other teams will figure out that if you stop Pirlo, you stop Juve- and this can't  happen, someone else must be able to take the torch.
 Marchisio has always been a good little solider for the team and he is still young enough to get better, but he must stop picking up cards and making rash challenges because they will come back to bite him in the ass!
Congratulations to Krasic for scoring his first goal this term, he has been amidst some sensational talk recently, the most recent is that he will be wearing the red Of Man U, which off course is absurd- but his body language and misunderstandings with Conte did make me wonder. Milos did not have the prettiest of games but he did score the equalizer and then late on he did almost grab a late winner, but then he ran out of steam. It's all well and good to have a pacy player like Krasic- but he is just one man, he still needs support from his teammate.

Not a bad performance and Conte has time and the players to fix it- let's just hope he does it soon, because they can't keep losing points but above all they can't loose morale as the play AC Milan next week!